NSTA Guide Advises Against the Use of “Parent,” “Male,” Female,” “Mother” and “Father”

NSTA Guide Advises Against the Use of “Parent,” “Male,” Female,” “Mother” and “Father”
"...Now the largest association of science teachers in the world has issued a guide for “anti-oppression” terminology for science teachers. 

In the guide, titled “Gender-Inclusive Biology: A framework in action,” the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has called for “gender-inclusive biology,” which includes the abandonment of terms like “parent,” “men,” “women,” “mother,” and “father.”

• Under the guide, mothers are now referred to as “persons with ovaries” in reference to reproduction cycles while fathers are now “persons with testes.” 
• Additionally, the association declares the move of various states toward “Sex verification in sports” as an example of oppression...